THE SCOTTISH WILDLIFE TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-18 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£12M
+134.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£32M
+144.4% vs 2024
Employees
101
-1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,782,590 | £25,993,433 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £620,735 | £19,012,054 | |
| Cash | £5,026,490 | £11,784,662 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £13,216,093 | £32,306,179 | |
| Equity | £13,216,093 | £32,306,179 | |
| Average employees | 102 | 101 | |
| Wages | £2,993,705 | £3,085,495 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 9.2% | 73.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 4.5% | 4.2% | |
| Current ratio | 13.99x | 26.74x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- CT Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In the considered opinion of Council this provides sufficient resilience to demonstrate the Trust is a going concern for at least 12 months after the date of signing the financial statements and the Trust will continue to seek to consolidate, grow and diversify its income sources in order to reinforce operational activity. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- THE SCOTTISH WILDLIFE TRUST · parent
- Natural Capital Scotland Limited
Significant events
- “Purchased the 7,600-hectare Inverbroom Estate near Ullapool following the largest donation in the Trust's history (see note 30, as this was acquired in two parts: the first in March 2025 and the second the following month, which is outside the reporting period for this report).”
- “Launched a £200k Development Grant programme to kickstart a pipeline of new Riverwoods Projects.”
- “Delivered four successful fundraising appeals (for invasive non-native species, Largiebaan Wildlife Reserve, Cumbernauld Nurturing Natural Connections and a push for the Resilience Fund), as well as an emergency appeal in response to Storm Éowyn.”
- “Creation of a Designated Fund in year to ensure financial resources are set aside for such events.”
- “large number of legacies being received in the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
15 active · 68 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CULLEN, Martin | Secretary | 2023-03-23 | — | — |
| ARNOLD, Christopher James | Director | 2021-09-11 | Feb 1960 | British |
| BAXTER, Jennifer | Director | 2022-09-10 | Apr 1971 | Scottish |
| CALDECOTT, Julian Oliver, Dr | Director | 2021-09-11 | Aug 1956 | British,South African |
| CURRIE, Gillian | Director | 2025-05-28 | Aug 1981 | British |
| JARDINE, Ian William | Director | 2021-02-03 | May 1959 | British |
| JONES, Cory | Director | 2025-09-20 | Mar 1969 | British |
| LEMON, Alasdair Andrew | Director | 2020-09-12 | Nov 1991 | British |
| MARSHALL, Craig Thomas | Director | 2022-03-24 | Feb 1973 | British |
| MCVITTIE, Alistair | Director | 2023-03-23 | Jan 1972 | British |
| METCALFE, Stephen Johnathan | Director | 2024-09-07 | Feb 1956 | British |
| MURRAY, Martyn Greer, Dr | Director | 2024-09-07 | Jul 1949 | British |
| STEEL, Emma Martin | Director | 2020-10-12 | Feb 1993 | British |
| TAYLOR, Kenny | Director | 2023-09-28 | Feb 1954 | British |
| TOMECKOVA, Andrea | Director | 2024-09-07 | Oct 1984 | British |
Show 68 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUGHES, Jonathan | Secretary | 2014-02-17 | 2014-07-14 |
| HUGHES HALLET, David John | Secretary | — | 1998-12-31 |
| MCKENZIE, Susan Lynne | Secretary | 2014-07-14 | 2023-01-27 |
| MCQUEEN, David | Secretary | 2004-05-20 | 2004-10-01 |
| MILNE, Simon Stephen | Secretary | 2004-10-01 | 2014-02-14 |
| SANKEY, Stephen | Secretary | 1999-07-12 | 2004-05-20 |
| SUTHERLAND, Kenneth Gordon | Secretary | 1999-01-01 | 1999-07-12 |
| ARNOTT, John Michael Stewart | Director | 1999-12-08 | 2002-05-20 |
| ASHFORD, David | Director | 2008-09-27 | 2012-09-29 |
| BAIRD, Patric David Nowell, Colonel | Director | 2009-09-26 | 2015-06-19 |
| BANTICK, Allan David | Director | 2008-09-27 | 2014-09-21 |
| BARNES, Jon, Dr | Director | 2008-09-27 | 2018-09-27 |
| BARR, Jean | Director | 2008-09-27 | 2013-02-28 |
| BINNIE, Andrew | Director | 2017-09-23 | 2020-09-12 |
| CAMERON, Tony | Director | 2014-09-20 | 2017-09-23 |
| CAMPBELL, James | Director | 2016-09-24 | 2018-09-22 |
| CHAMBERS, Karen | Director | 2012-09-29 | 2021-09-11 |
| COOMBS, Carey David | Director | 2019-09-21 | 2022-09-10 |
| CRAMB, Peter Alan | Director | 1997-12-03 | 2000-06-21 |
| DALE, John E, Professor | Director | 1999-12-08 | 2002-10-08 |
| DICK, Dennis John Nicoll | Director | 2002-12-03 | 2008-09-27 |
| DUFFY, Timothy Richard, Dr | Director | 2018-09-22 | 2024-09-07 |
| DUFFY, Timothy Richard, Dr | Director | 2009-12-10 | 2016-09-24 |
| DUNBAR, Alexander Arbuthnott | Director | — | 1992-04-01 |
| FLEMING, Frank | Director | 2005-12-07 | 2008-09-27 |
| FORSYTH, Amanda Jean | Director | 2013-02-28 | 2020-09-12 |
| GIMINGHAM, Charles Henry | Director | — | 1992-04-01 |
| GRIER, Alastair James | Director | 2013-10-05 | 2018-08-15 |
| GRUNDY, David | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2012-09-29 |
| HAILEY, Timothy William | Director | 2009-09-26 | 2015-09-19 |
| HARPER, Robin Charles Moreton | Director | 2011-09-24 | 2017-09-23 |
| HARWOOD, John, Professor | Director | 2011-09-24 | 2016-09-24 |
| HENDERSON, William James Carlaw | Director | 2018-09-22 | 2019-10-26 |
| HEWLETT, James | Director | 2008-09-27 | 2011-09-24 |
| HOUSTON, David | Director | 2008-09-27 | 2014-09-21 |
| HUXLEY, Thomas | Director | — | 1991-11-12 |
| INGRAM, Hugh Albert Pugh | Director | 1996-12-11 | 1999-12-08 |
| IRVING, Deryck | Director | 2015-09-19 | 2021-09-11 |
| IVORY, James | Director | 2008-09-27 | 2014-09-21 |
| JOHNSTON, Michael Frederick | Director | 2015-09-19 | 2018-09-22 |
| KERR, Alexander James | Director | 2002-05-20 | 2005-12-07 |
| LAMBERT, William John | Director | 2019-09-21 | 2025-09-20 |
| LAST, Frederick Thomas, Professor | Director | 1998-03-02 | 2003-11-12 |
| LINDGREN, David Ian | Director | 2013-10-05 | 2019-09-21 |
| MACINTOSH, Colin | Director | 2016-09-24 | 2019-09-21 |
| MANN, Robert Aird | Director | 2014-09-20 | 2017-09-23 |
| MANNING, Aubrey William George, Professor | Director | 1990-11-14 | 1996-12-10 |
| MCKELLAR, Karen Emery | Director | 2018-12-13 | 2021-09-11 |
| MCMURTRIE, William Milroy | Director | — | 1992-04-01 |
| MEREDITH, Anna Louise, Prof | Director | 2017-09-23 | 2018-06-16 |
| MORRIS, John Cameron | Director | 2018-09-22 | 2024-09-07 |
| MORRISON, Murdo | Director | 2008-09-27 | 2009-01-29 |
| MUNRO, Nicola Susan | Director | 2015-09-19 | 2021-09-11 |
| ROBSON, Anthony David | Director | 2018-09-22 | 2024-09-07 |
| ROSBOROUGH, Linda Mary | Director | 2017-09-23 | 2023-09-28 |
| SAMPSON, Tom | Director | 2008-09-27 | 2011-09-24 |
| SCOTT, Eric | Director | 2008-09-27 | 2009-09-26 |
| SHELDON, John, Dr. | Director | 2008-09-27 | 2014-09-21 |
| SPRAGGE, Edward Francis Baird | Director | — | 1991-11-12 |
| SPRAY, Christopher James, Professor | Director | 2009-09-26 | 2015-09-19 |
| STEWART, John Gavin | Director | 2004-06-23 | 2007-10-01 |
| STUART-SMITH, Jane | Director | 2018-09-22 | 2024-09-07 |
| TAYLOR, Kenny, Dr | Director | 2014-09-20 | 2021-09-11 |
| TAYLOR, Ray Geoffrey, Dr | Director | 2008-09-27 | 2012-09-29 |
| TILBROOK, Peter John, Dr | Director | 2002-12-03 | 2007-10-01 |
| VAUGHAN, Peter Owen, Dr | Director | 2008-09-27 | 2009-09-26 |
| WHYTE, Hayley Dawn | Director | 2022-09-10 | 2025-09-20 |
| YOUNG, Mark Richard, Dr | Director | — | 1992-04-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 267 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+283.2%
£6,782,590 £25,993,433
-
Cash
+134.5%
£5,026,490 £11,784,662
-
Net assets
+144.4%
£13,216,093 £32,306,179
-
Employees
-1%
102 101
-
Wages
+3.1%
£2,993,705 £3,085,495
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers